One of the items I’m shopping for are exterior doors. I noticed a $280 door. On the next page was that door with 1 sidelite for $573. What makes the sitelite more expensive than the door itself? (or is it the combination door/sidelite that bumps the price?)
Another door… $287. Door with two sidelites… $988. And these are the near the bottom pricewise. It goes up from there.
jt8
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What makes the sitelite more expensive than the door itself? (or is it the combination door/sidelite that bumps the price?)
The "combining" is not doing any favors to pricing, sure enough.
But, it's more that the side light has to be engineered to be most of as strong as the average framed door jamb, which complicates the engineering the least bit.
Thinka bout where you are shimming the unit into the wall, and where the bending moment from the door hinges is going "to."
(Oh, and as the "handy person" down the street found out the hard way--read the destructions with the door, you can't run 3 or 3-1/12" screws thorugh the "empty" holes in the hinge plate on the door . . . )
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It might well be that demand is low for the more complex units. As I understand the law, that would make the price higher. Design and setup have to be amortized over fewer sales.
-- J.S.
Benn alurker here for a while..........Might be that the tempered glass in the sidelight costs as much as the door.......
Part of the upcharge is shipping. Now you have a larger item that might fall into an oversize catagory. And the mulling hardware.
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Not sure if this is a savings. I have seen when a standard door is installed. Typical installation with header, king studs to top plate, etc. and then sidelight windows installed to either side. Could get creative with covering the studs to get the appearance of a full unit
I'm sure tempered side lights would be expensive bought seperately. You had mentioned supply and demand... Might be better to get the full unit.
The transoms for my doors cost more than the doors which were full lite glass. Go figure.